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“Adrift,” by Hillary Dohoney at Fort Works Art
Exhibition dates: September 13-October 28
Reception: September 15, 6 pm

Stuck in the middle of North Texas, we couldn’t be more landlocked if we tried. Which is why the immersive exhibition “Adrift,” opening this week at Fort Works Art, is a welcome bubble of tranquility in an arid prairie.

The local first solo exhibition of North Texas artist Hillary Dohoney, the show mixes lifelike seascapes with an immersive 12-foot installation that offers a panoramic view of the calming waters. Inspired by the real-life tales of political refugees, Dohoney has layered their most cherished possessions into her calming canvases, giving the work a depth deeper than the seemingly deep blue sea.

To elevate “Adrift,” musician Sam Lao will perform on the roof of the gallery on opening night.

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Adrift : Solo Show

 
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OPENING RECEPTION

 

Sept. 15th, 6-9PM

FORT WORKS ART
2100 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, TX
fortworksart.com
817.759.9475
HOURS: tue-fri 11-5, sat 10-5, sun/mon CLOSED

ARTIST TALK
Oct. 11, 2017, 6-7PM

Adrift is a meditation on the concept of home and its capacity to exist as an unanchored abstraction comprised of the people we are with and the stories we tell. The presented works utilize conjured seascapes to explore the drifting, transitory nature of home, a thing forever in flux, forever strived for.

Most of the seascapes reflect the artist’s personal shifting experience of home, but particular pieces focus on the stories of others. Five works feature small keepsakes and mementos of various friends & family. Rendered in the trompe l’œil style, the objects evoke in the subjects a nostalgic yearning for a lost past.

Four other works—parts of a series titled Hiraeth, a Welsh term suggesting homesickness for a home to which one cannot return, or which never was—further explore the shifting embodiment of home, in this case, that of refugees, forced to relocate. Their stories, gathered by the artist in interview form, inspire each seascape’s individual form and tone. Fragments of the interviews accompany the paintings.

 

FW SPRING GALLERY NIGHT MURAL AND FT WORKS ART

 

MARCH 25TH

MURAL MADNESS

March 25th, 5-11pm, The Foundry District, 200 Carroll st. Fort Worth

Being hailed as the “official spring gallery night party” come watch me and some artist goofballs paint murals March 25th @thefoundrydistrictfw@thejanarenee @bens_goldteeth@jay_wilkinson_art@drigo._ @sonavor@katiepaintbrush @refillmyglass 

#28GRAMS

March 23 – May 20, 2017
Opening Reception: March 25, Noon to 9 pm

FEATURING:

Dan Lam @sopopomo
Arthur Brouthers @arthurbros
Alonsa Guevara @alonsaguevara
Will Heron @w_heron
Riley Holloway @hollowayfineart
Michael Vasquez @michaelvasquez_
Hillary Dohoney @honeydoart
Drigo @drigo._
Kit King @kit_king
Andre Veloux @andreveloux
Jerome Lagarrigue @jlagarrigue
Joseph Grazi @josephgrazi
Eric Inkala @drinkala
Lauren Childs @laurenchildsart
Douglas Hoekzema @hoxxoh
Leigh Ann Williams @leighannwilliamshickey
Tim Okamura @timokamura
Sergio Garcia @_sergiogarcia_
Slinkachu @slinkachu_official
Whisbe @whisbe
Marshall Harris @marshallkharrisart
DJ Perera @djperera22
Ben Willis @ben.willis.art
Jessica Gordon @_jessicagordon_
Jessica McClendon @todayinthestudio
Chris Bingham @chrisbinghamart
Jesse Sierra Hernandez @jessesierrahernandez
Kukula @dear_kukula